DeMatha Catholic and Good Counsel have dominated the WCAC over the past 10 years, with either one or the other capturing the conference’s postseason championship since 2003. Gonzaga College High School (Washington, D.C.), led by head coach Aaron Brady, aims to give the WCAC a new champion this season.

Brady has led Gonzaga to three straight winning seasons, including an appearance in the conference postseason championship in 2011.

“The league is very talented. It’s one of the most talented conferences in the country,” Brady said. “To me, it’s like being in a college league. My first year we had [quarterback] Kevin Hogan , who has done a pretty good job at Stanford. We beat DeMatha that year. We are 4-1 against DeMatha since I’ve been here. We have not beaten Good Counsel. The next step is to beat everybody in the league, to make that jump. Part of our success is that we have super kids that believe in a team concept and work hard.”

Brady, who played football collegiately at Rutgers, wants “a college-like program,” he said. “Once the kids have success, they realize how you do things and that there is no other way to do things.

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